Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-15

Dom occupied by the young IsoleS WIS.,
he east front room Of the house win
opening or the porch, apd
rindow on the east. Mrs. BosIck and .
he rest of the family slept IN rooms I'M
uediately back OF the one occupied oY /
he Young ladies'. Captain Bostlck, the /
mead OF the family, WAS absent III the In
dian Territory looking alter his cettle ~
terests there. About ? O'Clock TINS morn +
.nn Mrs. Bostick was awakened by the
noise of q struggle in the room occupied
3y the young ladies and immediately
arising from her bed she went to the door
Of the Young ladies room lust IN tlIne 10
see the form of man Jump through tne
east window Upon entering the room
horrible and
pITIFTL SIGHT
presented itself to Mrs. Bosticks gaze
Irnon the bed lay her daughter ard Miss
welterirg in their blood ana tL'e
bright moonlight, which hooded the
whole apartment, revealed gaping
v,0upd Upon the faces Of both girls. hlr5
Bostick began to scream immediately
and her cries soon brought several OF heI
neinbbors to the house. a light was
struck and it was then seen the assassin
or assgssins rad done their work Dung
Iipoly, but brutally. Miss Watkins slep!
on The side of the bed next TO the wan,
and the scouudrel had 20 reach over MISS
Bostick in order TO reach her, but MISS
watkins received worse injuries than ala
Mics Bostick. Miss Watkins vas struCA
over the riaht eve with some shalp n
strumept. thought by some to have 0eeh
a. very leTge and heavy butcher Kllie' D"'
~ have nLnn
A RATCHET,
and rho force Ct the blow OF this instru-
roart. whatever il msy have been, was
such as to penetrate botn fron'sl zones,
The cash made by the instrument tNlenUs
almost entirely across the IoreAesui anu
nsrt Of the brains ooZed cut, 9 teaspoon
ful at least being taken up Dy inc "CC
tors. Her right eye was also NIiE ven
from it's socket, and when she was as
covered it was lying upon ner cHeehi
hanging only by slight thread. Ohe -
her arms was feariulY laceraLeu ana
bruised, and il is supposed from lnls
that she resisted TO her utmost capacity
the assault of the murderer, ana tnaI Ine
blow described above was struck oy ths
villain with one hand, while WIN IIe
other he grappled with her ana pre-
vented her stopping his coWarGIy plo".
Miss Bostick was wounded W
the same instrument in several places
/ One blow which seems TO have Oeen III
hicted by the corner OF The weapon useu
vss lust under the right eye AnotneI
| bIow struck the right temple, END the
| third cut the upper lip completely IN two
! Physicians we're ct once summoned, auo
soon arrived ct the Bostick house. Int
wounds Of Miss watkins were Pr"
nounced by them to be Of more Danger
ous character than those OF Hiss BosucS
and to DE almost
NECESSARILY FATAL
However, they went TO Work 10 uO d
+bav couId TO relieve her suffering, auC
dressed ard bsndaged her wounds, Blls
watkins death mas been expected ever.
bour during the day, but she cHngs Il
life with wonderful vitality. II wa
thought by the physicians this Afternoon
that she was growing weaker more RAPID
~ than she did during the morning, AM
that her death will occur at some tim
during the night Sac drank llttI
water and was fed q little soup ourlni
the dsy, but she could retain nctHlD
uron her stomach end vomited tner
both I'D, She also vomited up consider
snIe Quantity Of blood. Miss B9stcA'
: wounds turn out to be more dsngsrou
} than they were first thought to be pY u
doctors. The blow struck her on tn
temple, fractured the skull, and tn
wound is considered very bsd one
} The blow that cut the lip in two, knocHe
t ont two Of her upper teeth ard chlppe
-. +he tins OF two more lower ones. lie
wounds were skillfullY bandaged and II
U doctors now express the belief that Sd
= will Certainly recover. Miss Bostick re
+. canned consciousness during the fore
: noon far enough to ssk where she We
: aud upon being told that she was ID IL
mothers room she wanted 10 hno"
5 WHY SHE WAS THERE
q instead Of her own room. Her moth'
= told her that she and Miss Watkins ht
d. been both badly hurt, Whereupoh 81
: mournfully said: "Why WAS not Ne
e the WALTZ"
y sny during the day, bu! upon OelL
L asked by Mr.. Purdette OF DsAss,
? whom she Is engaged, If she TecoSfliz,
: him, she signiied in some way thaI q
= did. It is said that she has trled sever
; times during the day to talk, out leI
forts were uuANGl4luS' %iAaSS " $500
5, was moved from Captain Bostick's hou
y TO that of her Aunt Willis, who lives {
: the street running directly behind Il
Bostick plgce. The father of Miss Wa
kins, Captain J. c. Watkins, prophet
Il of the Watkins house in Dallas, was IL
1t medietel7 notified by telegraph
ls the sad occurrence, and ne a.
" Mrs. watkins, accompanied
Miss Watkins lover, Mr.. Purdett
also of Dallas, came in this afternoon MI
Watkins is the only child OF her parenI
and their grief OF behOlding the sad CO
E. dition Of their daughter was woetuii
2 behold. Mr.. Bostick has been telegraph
ne for and his arrival is expected ct 3
of time. Dispatches to him were sent
ne wichita Falls and Henrietta, but as
Y msv not have returned from the Terrific
Id it is uncertain whether the TELEGRAM
reached him.
NC CLEW.
a. The officers were On the ground befC
daylight and Immediately began the NC
81 of ferreting out the perpetrstor or per-
he traitors of the foul deed. The gr'
I'D trouble was in finding clew. 80 ma
IN IN people had been on the ground surroul
d. Ing Che house before the officers got
he WORT that they could scarcely settle ur
M which was the track Of the villain so